On my passport I am identified as a thief. Valjean is taken in, fed and sheltered, and tries to steal the bishop's silver. In one of the most famous episodes from Hugo's novel, the bishop tells the police he gave the tramp the silver, and later tells Valjean: "I've ransomed you from fear and hatred and now I give you back to God.
Valjean sells the silver, gets a job in a provincial factory and uses the nest egg to buy the factory. As we rejoin him some years later, he is the local mayor, respectable and beloved, trying to teach himself to read and write. Then fate re-enters his life in the person of Inspector Javert Geoffrey Rush , a police official who recognizes him from his years at hard labor and wants to expose him: In this world, if you once do something wrong, you are banished forever from the sight of those lucky enough not to have been caught.
Consider, in the same light, poor Fantine Uma Thurman , fired from the factory and forced into prostitution because it is discovered she has a child out of wedlock.
Valjean discovers her plight he was unaware of the firing , nurses her through a fatal illness and promises to care for the child. Thurman's performance is the best element of the movie. With the unyielding Javert forever at his back, Valjean takes his money and flees to Paris, taking refuge in a convent he had once foresightedly given money to.
There he and the child, Cosette, spend 10 years. Then Cosette, now a young woman played by Claire Danes , yearns for freedom; Valjean, against his better wishes, takes a house for them. Cosette falls for the fiery radical Marius Hans Matheson , who is being tailed by the police, which puts Javert once more onto the trail of poor Valjean.
Javert is the kind of man who can say with his dying breath, "I've tried to lead my life without breaking a single rule. That musical, by the way, is a long time coming.
This is the second movie made of "Les Mis" during a decade when the "musical version" has been promised annually. I feel like saying I hate this movie. I really don't. I was just bored out of my mind by its lack of anything real. Without a doubt the most emotionally powerful and handsomely mounted production of the story yet. A beautiful testament to the strength of the human spirit. This version of Les Miserables is a triumph for everyone involved. The new version is a traditional telling of the story, and there is nothing wrong with tradition.
With a group like this, and with Hugo's literature, who could lose? My Movies. Confirm current pricing with applicable retailer. All transactions subject to applicable license terms and conditions. Screen Pass. Victor Hugo's stirring novel of redemption and revolution is brought to life by the artistry of director Bille August and his brilliant cast. Conrad Nelson Newson Jonathan Keeble Solomon Longways Russell Dixon Christopher Coney David Fielder Mother Cuxsom Sue Ryding Martha Vashti Maclachlan Directed by Nadia Molinari.
Henchard attempts to hold his life together despite painful revelations and the unexpected arrival of someone from his past. Paul Higgins Lucetta Emma Fielding Furmity Woman Conrad Nelson Solomon Longways Russell Dixon Mother Cuxsom Sue Ryding Phoebe Lorna Lewis Director Nadia Molinari.
Henchard sets about rebuilding his life but the appearance of a stranger in Casterbridge threatens to unravel everything. Maggie Steed Abel Whittle Vashti Maclachlan Phoebe Dramatised by Claire Luckham in to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the novel's publication. An invitation to a grand party at Hampton, home of the fabulously wealthy Montdores and their beautiful daughter Polly, brings Fanny straight into the world of the aristocracy, and in and out of love when the temperature drops One episode of approximately 90 minutes.
Dramatised by John Scotney - one episode of approx 90 minutes. With: Peter Jeffrey Long John Silver Ben Rodska Jim Hawkins Hugh Paddick Ben Gunn John Moffat Squire Trelawny Geoffrey Whitehead Dr Livesey Stephen Thorne Five episodes of approximately thirty minutes each. Episode 1: 'R' Ashenden is recruited into the Secret Service by 'R', on an entirely 'non-attributable' basis. Episode 2: Miss King Ashenden, evading the Swiss police, is called to the deathbed of Miss King, who has information she is desperate to impart.
Episode 3: Giulia Lazzari Determined to entrap a renowned traitor, Ashenden co-opts a dancer. Episode 5: Mr Harrington's Washing Ashenden encounters an American who refuses to defer to the Bolsheviks, with ugly consequences. First broadcast in on BBC Radio 7. The tale of love, betrayal and bravery is produced in a collaboration between BBC Radio Drama and Graeae, a disabled-led theatre company.
From The Radio Times The film version of Victor Hugo's gothic tale of love and betrayal turned deformed, deaf bell-ringer Quasimodo played by Charles Laughton into something of an iconic figure, mainly because of his misshapen appearance.
However, this unusually faithful collaboration - between Radio 4 and disabled-led theatre company Graeae - places Quasimodo's deafness at the centre of his existence, as emphasised by the character's dialogue with himself as he tries to understand the chaos around him.
David Bower best known for playing Hugh Grant's younger brother in Four Weddings anda Funeral brings a vivid authenticity to his role as the tortured but noble hunchback who battles heroically to save beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda Candis Nergaard from danger.
Notably, this is the first time in a broadcast piece that Quasimodo has been played by a deaf actor. When the bewitching gypsy Esmeralda arrives in Paris, Quasimodo falls in love with her from afar.
David Bower Esmerelda Candis Nergaard Frollo Kevin Doyle Madame Poutine Susan Twist Madame La Fayette Rita May Phoebus Joseph Kloska Mikael Leduc Roger Morlidge George Garry Robson Guillaume Terence Mann Directed by Polly Thomas. The tale of love, betrayal and bravery is produced in a collaboration between BBC Radio Drama and Graeae, a theatre company for people with disabilities.
A surreal odyssey in which a bizarre group of characters set off in search of the elusive and mysterious Snark. They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway share; They charmed it with smiles and soap Ever since Lewis Carroll's nonsense epic appeared in , readers have joined his ten-man Snark-hunting crew and pursued the search with great enthusiasm.
What are they hunting for? What is the Snark? Numerous theories have been proposed. Carroll himself provides a helpful preface to the poem and is recorded as having explained to one reader: 'In answer to your question, 'What did you mean the Snark was?
I trust that she and you will now feel quite satisfied and happy'. There are two programmes here : the first is an in-depth documentary, and the second is a dramatisation of the poem, with a strong cast led by Alan Bennett.
Both are approx. These are not my recordings - I found them on an OTR website, so many thanks to the anonymous contributer. Edit : many, many thanks to spafon7e, no longer anonymous Does anybody have this? Electronic versions of the text are freely available on various websites. One of the best presented, including the original illustrations by Henry Holiday, is eBooks Adelaide at Adelaide University. Jules Verne - 20, Leagues Under the Sea. French naturalist Dr Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down a sea monster, only to discover instead the Nautilus, a self-contained world built by its enigmatic captain.
Together Nemo and Aronnax explore the underwater marvels - but Nemo's mission is one of revenge - and his methods coldly efficient. A classic of Victorian literature, and one of the earliest books written specifically for boys, Tom Brown's Schooldays has long had an influence well beyond the middle-class, public school world that it describes. An active social reformer, Hughes wrote with a freshness, a lack of cant, and a kind, relaxed tolerance which keeps this novel refreshingly distinct from other schoolboy adventures.
Two episodes of approximately one hour each. Episode 1: It is the autumn of and year-old Tom Brown arrives at Rugby school, eager to take part in school life. But Flashman and his cronies have other ideas. Episode 2: Tom's career at Rugby comes to a premature end, but Dr Arnold has a plan. First broadcast in on BBC Radio 4. Published a year before her death at the age of thirty, Emily Bronte's only novel is set in the wild, bleak Yorkshire Moors. Depicting the stormy relationship of Cathy and Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights creates a world of its own, conceived with an instinct for poetry and for the dark depths of human psychology.
This full-cast epic features all of the quality and high production values associated with BBC Radio dramatizations. Appropriately haunting pieces of music connect the episodes, and the ensemble cast is perfectly matched to deliver the characters of The Grange and Wuthering Heights.
Five episodes of approximately one hour each in high quality MP3. Episode 1: Mr Lockwood meets the strange haunted household at Wuthering Heights, and learns how Heathcliff arrived there. Episode 2: Heathcliff is already plotting his revenge on Hindley for his degradation, but it now tears Cathy and him apart. Episode 3: Heathcliff runs off with Isabella, leaving Cathy seriously ill, after she has confessed she loves Heathcliff and not Edgar.
Episode 4: Sixteen years have passed since Cathy's death and her daughter Catherine is now But Heathcliff's revenge is taking effect. Episode 5: Nelly Dean concludes her story to Mr Lockwood. The director was Janet Whitaker. From BBC7. Tom Canty and Edward Tudor could have been identical twins.
Their birthdays and their faces match, but there the likeness stops. But fate intervenes, and their identities become confused. Soon the prince is thrown out of the palace in rags, leaving ignorant Tom to play the part of a royal prince.
But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty.
Recorded from BBC 7 in November Episode 01 : Shunned on leaving jail, Jean Valjean is tempted back into crime. Episode 02 : Jean Valjean has broken the terms of his parole, and is on the run. Episode 05 : There's uproar in Arras as the real Jean Valjean reveals his identity.
Fantine is dangerously ill. Episode 06 : Jean Valjean sets out to rescue Cosette from the clutches of the Thenardiers. Episode 07 : Jean Valjean and Cosette arrive in Paris to start a new life, but Valjean's past catches up with him.
Episode 08 : A plan to smuggle Jean Valjean out of the convent hits a snag - will he end up six feet under? Episode 09 : Marius learns of his father's bravery at Waterloo and realises he has been living a lie. Episode 10 : Marius finds student life is both happy and harsh. Valjean and Cosette have a tough decision to make. Episode 11 : The two threads finally meet as Marius spots Cosette and is smitten. But Valjean is nervous.
Episode 13 : Valjean is in mortal danger. Will Marius save him - and betray the memory of his father? Episode 15 : It's a stifling Parisian summer. Love, crime and simmering revolution make a heady mix. Episode 17 : There are personal and political upheavals as revolution starts and Valjean confronts Cosette's love for Marius.
Episode 18 : Marius discovers a spy. Valjean sets out to save Marius and secure his daughter's happiness. Episode 19 : Marius and the rebels face the power of the French cannons. Valjean and Inspector Javert come face to face. Episode 20 : With Marius in his arms and barely alive, Valjean struggles to find a way out of the Parisian sewers.
Episode 21 : Valjean's life lies in Javert's hands. He begs for Marius to be returned to his Grandfather.
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